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Monthly Archives For May 2022
China, Afghanistan’s Taliban forging a closer relationship, former diplomat says
Ambassador Roya Rahmani made the remarks at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. When asked about China’s relationship with Afghanistan, she noted, “China is continuing to act …
Sanctions: Beijing orders officials to find ways to protect China
China’s regulators held an emergency meeting on April 22 between officials from China’s central bank, the finance ministry, domestic banks operating within China, and international lenders such as …
China’s difficult balancing act: Achieving zero-Covid policy and economic growth
China is today the only large economy today that maintains … a professor of economics and finance at Peking University, in a digital seminar organized by the University of Sydney. But investment in …
Estée Lauder stock dips as sales decline amid China lockdowns
Yahoo Finance Live’s Akiko Fujita and Brian Cheung discuss the decline in stock for Estée Lauder as sales continue to decline amid China’s COVID-19 lockdowns. BRIAN CHEUNG: Well, I want to …
DLA Piper poaches Linklaters energy-focused finance partner in Hong Kong
Chen joins DLA Piper as a partner from Linklaters in Hong Kong She focuses on energy project financing in Greater China and projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative The company and law firm …
New Lockdowns In China Are Hindering Global Steel Supply
That was before the war in Ukraine, China’s ongoing lockdowns … Russia is #5 in global steel production, and its metal and coal exports were one of the first things on the chopping block …
China wary of Russia-type sanctions, but Beijing’s ‘financial nuclear bombs’ are a powerful deterrent
Punishing the world’s second-largest economy with destructive financial and economic sanctions – such as expelling China from the international Swift payment system and freezing foreign reserves – had …
Sony rejected China’s demand to scrub Statue Of Liberty from ‘Spiderman’
Undaunted, China then inquired if the monument could be “minimized,” according to the report. Specifically, they’d wondered “if Sony could cut a few of the more patriotic shots of [Tom …
Mooners and Shakers: Crypto market sweats, RBA hikes, Fed meets and Algorand scores
“can have a significant impact on the price of Bitcoin and other crypto – with consequences felt by Australian investors”. And this, said Bowler, is because the US is now the “market epicentre for …
Estée Lauder cuts sales forecast due to China lockdowns
LVMH, which owns brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co, said last month that the situation in China would affect its business, adding that store traffic had declined even in locations that …
CEO of Berkshire’s Dairy Queen eyes China and India for growth, upgrades menu
China is Dairy Queen’s third-largest market by sales and second … “Once we know that travel is going to be safe, and understanding the consumer and business models in India when they’re returning to …
Shanghai continues to bear brunt of Covid-19 surge in China, adds 26,087 new cases
New Delhi: Shanghai continued to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 surge in China and added another 26,087 new cases, the official figures showed on Monday (April 11, 2022). The city has become a testbed…
